georgephillip
Diamond Member
WAR IS PEACE
"On June 6, 1982, a massive Israeli expeditionary force began the long expected invasion, Operation 'Peace for Galilee,' a phrase 'which sounds as if it comes directly out of the pages of 1984,' as one Israeli commentator wrote:
Only in the language of 1984 is war-peace and warfare-humane. One may mention, of course, that only in the Orwellian language of 1984 can occupation be liberal, and there is indeed a connection between the 'liberal occupation' [the Labor Party boast] and a war which equals peace."
Noble Israel's assault on Lebanon in 1982 stemmed from the expulsion of 100,000 Palestinians into Lebanon during the formation of the Jewish State.
"The military tactics, as widely reported by the Israeli and foreign press, were simple. Since Israel had total command of the air and overwhelming superiority in firepower from land, sea and air, the IDF simply blasted away everything before it, then sent soldiers in to 'clean out' what was left. We return to some descriptions of these tactics by Israeli military analysts.
"The tactics are familiar from Vietnam and other wars where a modern high technology army faces a vastly outmatched enemy.
"The difference lies in the fact that in other such cases, one rarely hears tales of great heroism and 'purity of arms,' though to be accurate, these stories were more prevalent among American 'supporters' than Israeli soldiers, many of whom were appalled at what they were ordered to do."
War is Peace
"On June 6, 1982, a massive Israeli expeditionary force began the long expected invasion, Operation 'Peace for Galilee,' a phrase 'which sounds as if it comes directly out of the pages of 1984,' as one Israeli commentator wrote:
Only in the language of 1984 is war-peace and warfare-humane. One may mention, of course, that only in the Orwellian language of 1984 can occupation be liberal, and there is indeed a connection between the 'liberal occupation' [the Labor Party boast] and a war which equals peace."
Noble Israel's assault on Lebanon in 1982 stemmed from the expulsion of 100,000 Palestinians into Lebanon during the formation of the Jewish State.
"The military tactics, as widely reported by the Israeli and foreign press, were simple. Since Israel had total command of the air and overwhelming superiority in firepower from land, sea and air, the IDF simply blasted away everything before it, then sent soldiers in to 'clean out' what was left. We return to some descriptions of these tactics by Israeli military analysts.
"The tactics are familiar from Vietnam and other wars where a modern high technology army faces a vastly outmatched enemy.
"The difference lies in the fact that in other such cases, one rarely hears tales of great heroism and 'purity of arms,' though to be accurate, these stories were more prevalent among American 'supporters' than Israeli soldiers, many of whom were appalled at what they were ordered to do."
War is Peace